Safety-razor.



H( J. GAISMAN.

SAFETY RAZOR. A APLICATION `FILED M1125, m06.

Patented 1560.221914.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

' Patented Dee, ze, lum.

nppneamn :nea January 25, laos. .serial No. 291,813.

Tall wm it may concern."

,Be it .known-that 1,.l HENRY J. Germani, a citizenof the .United States, residing in New York city, borough of Manhattan, New York, `have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors, of which the followingis a specification.

yThe 'object of this invention lis to provide a simple, cheap and eflicient razor whereby the blade .can be readily removed and replaced -to enable it to be sharpened and to permit ready cleaning of the device.

The invention com-prises a frame provided with a guard, a blade, a movable member to swing-,over the blade, and means to hold the .movable member over the blade' l and for releasing'said member.

The invention also comprises the novel details of improvement'fthat will be lmore fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference .is to be had to the accompany-v ing drawings forming part hereof, wherein,

Figure l is a perspective view of a safety razor embodying my improvements; Fig.v

2 is a detail view thereof, showing the parts in position for removing the blade; Fig. 3 is -a front view ofy Fig. l; Fig. 4 is a section on the lineA a: as in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is aplan view of -Fig. l; Fig. 6 is an edge view of the razor, and Fig. 7 is a detail of part of the vguard portion of the frame.

In the drawings, in which similar numerals indicate like parts in the several views, the numeral 1 indicates a frame which may be ofany vsuitable construction, but which is shown in the vform of curved sheet metal, and at 2 isa. handle which may be suitably connected with said frame. At the :forward edge opposite handle 2 the frame l is provided with a guard la, shown in the-form of teeth which may be formed integral with the frame, and at opposite sides of the guard the -frame 1 is provided with lugs or rests l against which the corners of the cutting edge of blade 3 may rest when the blade is placed along the front of the frame with the cutting edge adjacent the guard, (see Fig. 2). The frame l carries a spring 4 which bears against the back part of blade 3 to hold the latter in cutting position (see Fig. 2). For convenience in manufacture the spring 4 may be stamped out of the material of frame l, and may substantially follow the shape of said frame. for. symmetrical v .iinish and appearance, .and at its-.forward pertion sprmg ,is show nbent outwardly at 4 t0 .Pide over theback edge of blade 3, and to permit convenient lifting of said spring by .the .fingen At 5 is iridlcated a .movable member .0r

-blade retainer which is :pivot/ally supported and ymay ,be swung down, as in Fig. 2, to

permit removal and adjustment of the. blade and to permit cleaning. To hold Ythe member 5 in operative posi-tion against the blade, I provide a spring 7 that is carried by frame 1 and adapted ,to engage member 5. Spring 7 may be stamped out of the metal of frame l, and at its free end said spring has a catch or hook 7a adapted to engage member 5, as by lentering an opening 5b therein to engage part of the metal at said opening. As shown, the hook or catch 7a projects upwardly to engage the bar 5 of member 5, and the latter may be released by depressing spring 7. For convenience in use, the spring 7 mayy have a knob or button 8 which may be struck from the metal or separately attached thereto. The opening 5b in member 5 is show-n sufficiently wide to permit the passage therethrough of part 4a of spring 4 so that bar 5c-will pass over or above part 4al to engage spring 7.

As a convenience in manufacturingthe device the spring 7 may beA stamped out of the 'metal of frame l from within spring 4, as by the out at 9, and the spring 4 may be'stamped out free, as" by the outer cut l0; the part 7a of spring may be bent-up or outwardly from within the inner opening of spring 4, and the part 4a of spring 4 4may be suitably bent to engage blade 3, the

for pivoting said gaging spring and the insertion or release of blade 3,

permit Y will be pushed inwardly'lto while spring 7 permit its engagement with or disengage- V- of the blade to hold theblade between the ment :trom member 5.

' ln using my improvements the blade is applied by swinging member 5 outwardly,` then placing the blade in front of the .trame with the corners of the blade resting upon the lugs lb, and then member 5. is swung against the blade and engaged with the spring 7 and at the same time presses the blade into engagement razor may then be used for shaving in theV ordinary way. rllo release the blade, spring 7- is first displaced torelease member which is then swungdown, and the blade is then moved out from spring sharpening, and all parts of the device are thus free and open to be cleaned. By having the member-5 hinged near its edge that is adjacentthe cutting edge of the blade the swinging of said member toward the blade causes the ineinber to confine the blade irmly against the Jframe near' the cutting edge of the blade. By placing-the pivotal point below the loweredge of the member 5 the `action of closing the member against the blade causes it to press firmly against and at a desired location on' the blade.

Changes may be made in the arrangements shown and described without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having now described my invention' what 'l claim is zl. A. safety razor comprising a trame provided vwith a guard, a blade, devices on the guard to engage the blade, a spring forming part of the guard and havinga portion 40 engaging the back ot the blade, a member for engaging the side of the blade, means member to the guard near the cutting edge of the blade, ysaid vmember having an aperture therein, and an element projecting from `and constituting a portion of the guard extending into the aperture 4and engaging said member to hold it in engagement with the blade. i

2. A safety raz'or comprising a frame provided with a guard, a blade, lugs on the guard to engage the blade, a spring engag ing the rear edge of the blade to hold the cutting edge of the blade. in engagement with the lugs, a second spring having a lug, a blade engaging member pivotally connected on the frame adjacent the guard and having' an aperture to receive the blade enthe lug of the second mentioned spring whereby the blade engaging spring, the blade engaging member and the spring for holding the blade retaining member are held in operative relation.

3. A safety razor comprising aframe having a guard, a spring integral with the trame to engage a blade to hold it adjacent with spring et. The' nimma the guard, a movable member independent of the guard hinged upon the trame on a. line adjacent the line of the cutting edge movable member and the frame, and a spring integral with the frame to engage .said member. .A v

et. A sarety razor comprising a :trame hav- Ythe first named spring to engage said member.

5. lln a safety razor, a frame of curved formation', members carried by the said )aand thus the blade can be readily removed tor cleaning orframe lying. concentric with the curved ira-me, a guard constituting a part of the frame, means on the guard for engaging a blade, a blade hafving its Yback .edge engaged o by one of the said members whereby it held on the blade support of the guard, and a blade engaging member pivotally connected to the guard and overlying-the side of the blade, and means on one Jolt' the first ,i

mentioned members tor.. holding the mentioned blade engaging member in operative position. I

6. lln a safety razor, a trame ot curved formation having a guard, lugs on the guard g,

7. lin a safety razor, a frame otcurved formation, springs struck therefrom and e2:-

tending approximately concentric with the' curve oi" the frame, one of said springs having a lug thereon, a blade' engaged by one of the springs, a blade engaging member pivoted to the frame and. having an aperture receive the blade engaging spring, a lug the other spring for securing the Ablade en-r gagingv member in operative position.

8. ln aysafety razor, a frame of curved 3 1.

formation, a guard thereon, lugs. on' the guard, a blade having its cutting edge resting on the lugs, springs struck from the frame and lying approximately concentric with said frame, one olfsaid springs engaging the back of the razor blade and holding it against the lugs,` and a blade engaging member for pressing against the side of' the blade, and means on the other spring or retaining said blade engaging member in operative position.

l9. ln a safety razor, a frame of curved formation, a guard thereon, lugs' on the guard, a blade having its cutting edge resting on the lugs, springs struck from the frame and lying approximately concentric on the other spring for retainingthe said with said frame, one of said spring`s\en blade engaging member-in operative' pogaging the'back of the razor blade and holdston. n i ing it 'against the' lugs, abladefengagng HENRY J. GAISMAN.

5 member, meansl for pvotally connecting the Witnesses: l

' l blade engaging member to the frame nean MARTIN KOENINGES,'

the cutting edge of the blade, and means AUGUeT MCBEHEUBER. 

